Early excerpts from Chris Christie's inaugural address

11:13 AM,
Jan. 21, 2014

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| Statehouse Bureau

The following are early excerpts from Gov. Chris Christie's inaugural address:

"The people of this state know that the only way forward is if we are all willing to take on what is politically unpopular. If we are all willing to share in the sacrifice. If we are all willing to be in this together?

"I do not believe that New Jerseyans want a bigger, more expensive government that penalizes success and then gives the pittance left to a few in the name of income equity. What New Jerseyans want is an unfettered opportunity to succeed in the way they define success. They want an equal chance at the starting; ...